Well, IMO, you gotta go to the right place... at the right time... and be prepared to wait for 'revealing' light. If you do that, the settings take care of themselves. HDR? Shudder...
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Photo of the Day: August 2010
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Well, IMO, you gotta go to the right place... at the right time... and be prepared to wait for 'revealing' light. If you do that, the settings take care of themselves. HDR? Shudder...
Many thanks for the compliment, but Doylem just summed it up nicely--and he should know; he's the one who provided many of the tips that really got me going.
No, I didn't use HDR on that shot (I haven't touched HDR in over a year). The settings of the photo are in the embedded EXIF info:
24mm, f/11, 1/50s, ISO 100
Pretty standard stuff for a landscape. The 'secret' was waiting for the right day to schlep a tripod up a 6,000-foot-tall mountain and then waiting for the clouds to shift around until they made the scene 'pop' for me. At first the foreground rocks were not lit all at, then they received too much light, then finally they got this nice diffused light on them. CLICK! That was the shot.
The reason I have really sore legs today:
Another brilliant shot, you've sure gotten around lately Phrasikleia!
It's very Doylemesque... I think that's the term you once coined yourself.
Speaking of Doylemesque...
Well, IMO, you gotta go to the right place... at the right time... and be prepared to wait for 'revealing' light. If you do that, the settings take care of themselves. HDR? Shudder...
Beautiful shot Doylem!
Thinking: "I hate you, I will remember this. You're the first to go against the wall when the revolution comes."
Hughenden Church
I was tempted to HDR this image. Decided against it in the end and brought out the details by using some dodge and polarize brushes in Aperture 3.
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Hughenden Church by Say_Cheese1981, on Flickr
I was tempted to HDR this image. Decided against it in the end and brought out the details by using some dodge and polarize brushes in Aperture 3.
Hughenden Church by Say_Cheese1981, on Flickr
Or the low-tech option: photograph the sunlit side...
Could have done. However I specifically wanted the sun 'peeping' out at the side of the roof.
Doylem, Can you please give me an honest critique of the image as i'm tempted to go back this afternoon and reshoot.
Thanks.
OK... Just my own personal way of thinking... but I try to go the easy way, not the hard way. The easy way, IMO, is to let the light do all the work. For example, when photographing buildings, I try to be at an angle to the sun (that is... if the facade of a building was a mirror, I'd see the sun reflected in it). This brings out all the 'information', by creating tiny shadows around every architectural detail, and giving the building a punchy three-dimensional feel that you just don't get if the sun's coming from over your shoulder.
Having the sun peeping round the edge of the building is fine; keeping detail in the unlit end of the building is fine too. But to attempt to do both together seems kinda perverse to me. You're pushing the light-gathering abilities of your camera further than it wants to go... which forces you into HDR or fairly extreme PP. I try to take the pix my camera wants to take.
If you listen to the engine of your car, you know when to change gear. If you're aware of the camera's limitations, it's much the same: smooth, simple, easy...
Is there a light source that faces the side of the church you are photographing? You'd get an excellent deep/dark blue sky if you waited another 2 hours or so, and if you brought your tripod and even had a faint light from behind you, it would make for a great shot (in my opinion, which you didn't ask for).
All opinions and thoughts are welcome.
I *think* that there are some floodlights that light up that side of the building at night. I will have to go back at the weekend and have a look.
Thanks for the suggestion though, it's got me thinking.
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Since this thread ends today, these are my August pictures, plus the last of the airshow shots
A few links to shots I did not post
Stealth bomber (1st time I saw them ever):
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_FqTNmgNQHz8/T... loved this, and my kids were mesmerized..jpg
Cockpit of B-17 we toured
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_FqTNmgNQHz8/TH2SgYu1q0I/AAAAAAAAK00/LMbJLn_fbBI/Cockpit of B-17 we toured..jpg
The edge of the huge storm that 30 minutes earlier was drenching us.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_FqTNmgNQHz8/T...that 30 minutes earlier was drenching us..jpg
Some aerials
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_FqTNmgNQHz8/TH2Sf1vUtPI/AAAAAAAAK0s/T9L-h5X0ctk/Some aerials.jpg
all in all, my kids love the airshow, and I got a few decent shots.
A few links to shots I did not post
Stealth bomber (1st time I saw them ever):
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_FqTNmgNQHz8/T... loved this, and my kids were mesmerized..jpg
Cockpit of B-17 we toured
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_FqTNmgNQHz8/TH2SgYu1q0I/AAAAAAAAK00/LMbJLn_fbBI/Cockpit of B-17 we toured..jpg
The edge of the huge storm that 30 minutes earlier was drenching us.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_FqTNmgNQHz8/T...that 30 minutes earlier was drenching us..jpg
Some aerials
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_FqTNmgNQHz8/TH2Sf1vUtPI/AAAAAAAAK0s/T9L-h5X0ctk/Some aerials.jpg
all in all, my kids love the airshow, and I got a few decent shots.
Doylem, I'm learning a lot from the feedback you're leaving for a bunch of photographers in this thread. Thanks for the advice, you clearly know what you're doing. I'd definitely take a class from you if I lived in the UK!
Well, IMO, you gotta go to the right place... at the right time... and be prepared to wait for 'revealing' light. If you do that, the settings take care of themselves. HDR? Shudder...
Almost as if you directed it, as a scene from a movie, or an old Dutch painting. The two people walking, the perfect choice of colors, the sprinkling of sheep on one side to add interest and balance in a non-symmetrical, compositionally idea way. Then, time it all to come off as you command, "Action!"
One of my favorites of yours, sir!
